On Oct. 22, 2012, a University of Virginia landscaping crew began clearing topsoil from land just north of the University Cemetery. Founded in 1828, the cemetery provides a final resting place for ...

From wildlife invasions to streakers on skateboards, the Lawn pavilions have a hominess all their own.

At an outdoor press conference on a sun-splashed December afternoon, former Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott was introduced as Virginia’s 41st football coach, succeeding Bronco Mendenhall, ...

Legends on the Court A look back at UVA basketball from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall ...

The tuxedo-clad Virginia men make their way into a jam-packed, adrenaline-filled Memorial Gymnasium. With dates on their arms, they hurry to find seats on the bleachers or standing room on the ...

In a change both stunning and at least 50 years in coming, the University of Virginia Honor System will no longer expel students who violate the Honor Code. Following a University-wide student vote ...

Recommended beach reads from UVA’s literati.John Casey: Guilty pleasure: those books on the St. John’s Great Books list that I haven’t read and feel guilty about. Secret shame: Show Me the Funny (by ...

Editor’s note: This is a condensed version of a story that ran in Virginia Magazine’s Fall 2024 edition. For the full version, click here. Just five or six people showed up to start “Charlottesville’s ...

Note: This story is developing; see the Fall issue of Virginia Magazine for more in-depth coverage. UVA President Jim Ryan (Law ’92) announced his resignation Friday afternoon, amid growing pressure ...

In many cultures, from the Navajo to the Australian aborigines to the Aztec, stars not only represented glittering mythological stories, they also signaled the appropriate time to sow and to harvest, ...

Greta Garbo once famously quipped, “I want to be alone,” but recent studies by UVA psychology professor Timothy D. Wilson indicate the reclusive actress may have regretted that wish. Wilson conducted ...

This was Virginia Magazine's original news story about Casteen's passing. The full obituary is available here. John T. Casteen III (Col ’65, Grad ’66, ’70), a first-generation college student born in ...